Daryl Grose is in his 10th year at Hampden-Sydney College during 2022-23, serving his second year as the tight ends coach for the program. He is in his 27th season overall coaching football, having first worked with Head Coach Marty Favret at Catholic University of America from 1994-97.
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In 2021, Grose coached Second Team All-ODAC tight end Ed Newman.
In Spring 2021, Grose coached Second Team All-ODAC wide receiver Blake Page.
In 2018 and 2019, Grose coached two-time First Team All-ODAC selection Major Morgan, also a two-time Touchdown Club of Richmond State Small College Receiver/End of the Year. Morgan totaled 155 receptions, 2,029 receiving yards (106.8) and 13 receiving touchdowns during the two seasons in 19 games, and led NCAA Division III in receiving yards per game in 2018 (127.0).
In 2017, Grose coached the defensive secondary for the Tigers with Kendall Blankenship and Brian Gwaltney both earning Second Team All-ODAC honors.
Grose coached the tight ends and H-Backs at H-SC during 2012-13, helping the Tigers to an ODAC Championship and an NCAA Playoff victory in 2013. John Michael Sparagna was Third Team All-ODAC in 2012 at H-Back, while Joey Druhan gained Second Team All-ODAC accolades in 2013 at tight end. Grose served as an offensive consultant in 2011 when H-SC won another ODAC title with an NCAA Playoff appearance, as well.
Grose first arrived at H-SC along with Coach Favret in 2000, serving one season as the assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator. His defensive unit finished fourth in Division III and led the ODAC in turnovers gained (39 overall, 23 in conference games), and was second in the ODAC in scoring defense (25.8) and pass defense efficiency (111.0) in conference games. Grose coached defensive back Chris Scott, who earned All-America and First Team All-ODAC honors that season. Scott led the ODAC in interceptions with seven, which tied for eighth in Division III, as well.
Grose served alongside Coach Favret at Catholic from 1994-97 as the assistant offensive coordinator, helping engineer one of the most productive offenses in Division III. As the offensive line coach in 1994 and wide receiver coach thereafter, he assisted in the development of six All-Americas. In 1997, the undefeated and NCAA Playoff-bound Cardinals finished fifth nationally in total offense (489.4), was sixth in scoring (42.6) and eighth in passing offense (310.4). Grose coached wide receiver Jeff Clay, a finalist for the Melberger Award (DIII Player of the Year), who earned First Team All-America honors from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and led the nation in receptions per game (11.2) and receiving yards per game (162.5), and was 11th in scoring (12.0) and 25th in all-purpose yards (165.2).
Grose is a native of Rockville, Maryland and currently resides in Hampden-Sydney. He has a son, Kenny, a 2020 graduate of Northern Arizona University who resides in Alexandria, and two daughters, Sarah and April, residing in Rockville, Maryland and Scottsdale, Arizona, respectively.
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